Not off to a good start

The very wealthy main character's name in American Heiress is Cora Cash. Maybe I should change my name to Ginny Money.

Foggy night

My view most of the day

Talkin' bout books

The end of the year sneaked up on me as it tends to do. I'm ashamed to admit that I'm nowhere near my goal of reading 30 books in 2018. I've read 15 books so far and I'm just about halfway though Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas. It's a long book and it's just not holding my attention. It's the last book in a seven book series so I refuse to abandon it at this point.

I decided to renew my Barnes & Noble membership today and of course picked up a few new books. Although I love my Kindle it doesn't give me the same thrill as picking up a physical copy of a book. I work by a Barnes & Noble so the temptation is real!

Today's book purchases.

I started reading I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter on my train ride home and I'm already enthralled.

I've asked my Facebook friends to share what the best book they read in 2018 was and I'm already making notes of books to read in 2019. If you've read anything good let me know in the comments. I'm open to most genres.

Tonight I'm going to drink some herbal tea and read in bed until I get very sleepy. Our street is currently being powered by a giant generator that's humming away outside our bedroom with no word on when the problem will be fixed. I suppose I shouldn't complaint after power outages on both Monday and Tuesday but this girl needs a good night's sleep.

Sunset from the office

Enjoy!

Steak and snow

I know it's cliché to share pictures of your food on the internet but when you indulge in a delicious (and expensive) steak dinner it deserves to be shared. Last night we had a small send off dinner for one of Derek's co-workers at Smith & Wollensky. Despite being big steakhouse fans neither of us had been. Mooo... is still our favorite but Smith & Wollensky certainly satisfied our steak appetite.

Raspberry Fizz

Wedge salad

This ain't no LongHorn Steakhouse

I went with the medium rare filet. No regrets there. I do wish they had more sauce options for the steak but overall the food was good. The cocktails were fantastic.

While we were enjoying our dinner it started snowing. By the time we left it was coming down pretty good. I was well prepared though with my knee length coat that could double as a sleeping bag and a warm hat.

We didn't end the night there. We decided to have a few drinks down the street at Trade because snow? Just go with it...

Derek's "are you taking a picture?" face

The bar at Trade

Trade was pretty busy when we first got there but cleared out within the hour. The snow might have had something to do with that.

Big fan of my surprise photos

South Station

I confess. We took an Uber home. The MBTA doesn't have the best track record with snow or even weather in general.

Relaxing